Unit for Place in Massachusetts History
You are to compile a unit for the teaching of a place in MA
history. You need to plan this unit before undertaking its creation. For your planning stage you need to:
- Pass
in concept map
- Answer
the questions on Teaching with Historic questions.
Then you can proceed. Below are the following requirements:
- 8/10 days of lesson plans. The length of these lesson plans depends
on your grade level: 30 minutes for
elementary, 40 minutes for middle school and 60minutes for high school.
- Follow
the enclosed format. It is
important that every lesson plan begins with an enduring understanding (
more than 1 lesson plan can have the same enduring understanding) and each
lesson plan has to be generated by an essential question or questions
- Each lesson plan should be activity
based. You can combine teacher and
student directed activities but you need to show that students can
manipulate their historical knowledge by either “uncovering” it or “doing
history.”
- Two lesson plans have to integrate technology in some
manner. This means that either you
use a website to teach a lesson, have students go to a website to answer
questions, use a film/video to highlight an enduring understanding or help
answer an essential question or have students present information in a
technological format.
- One lesson plan has to address a piece of literature or historical
fiction to gain insights to your place. Excerpts of your piece of literature or
historical fiction need to be included.
- Two lesson plans need to have
students use a primary source.
It is important to include a copy of this primary source.
- The culminating activity is the same
performance assessment for all students.
You will find included a template for performance assessment. This assessment needs to be accompanied
by a rubric. For rubrics go to www.teach-nology.com
- You need to present this unit in a
Power Point presentation. Therefore, put it on a floppy or on a CD-Rom
and be prepared to project it on April 16th.
Remember to…
- Number
all lesson plans by day
- 1
lesson can meet 2 requirements: for instance you can use a website on Oliver
Twist to teach about the Industrial Revolution…
- Do not
wait until the last minute…
-
Lesson plan format: Day 1
Grade:__________
Unit:______________
Goal:
(enduring understanding) – identifying the overall understanding(s) desired
Essential
question(s):
Development and
selection of Activities and Resources: (here include instructional
strategies)
¨
Activities
are carefully designed to scaffold understanding and address essential
questions
¨
Appeal to
diverse learners
¨
Allow
time for student engagement
Content:
¨
Bullets
on the academic content of the lesson
Curriculum
standard: refer to frameworks
Assignment:
(if needed)
How will the
understanding of the essential question be assessed?
¨
Bullet
how you will formally and informally assess students’ understanding as you
proceed through your lesson